I don’t want to want to spark a debate about the merit’s of any particular camp, but I am curious, if I was to ask historians to look at the aggregate of history and explain the common threads what would the most common categories be?
Look at some of the answers I collected in response to As historians how do you find sources and put them into context when writing a book? especially the ones by /u/itsallfolklore and /u/crossynz and /u/commiespaceinvader
There are also entries in the "Monday Methods" series that talk about famous schools of history. You can find them by clicking on the "Monday Methods" link on the right side of the screen in Old Reddit.